Should You Use Telehealth or Not? That’s a Great Question! - Money Tip Tuesday

<p>Let’s face it: most of us are looking at ways to cut costs or find value to make our dollars stretch further these days, but we don’t want to sacrifice our health care. In this tip we examine a new way to reduce healthcare costs.</p> <p>Links:</p> <ul><li>Learn more about <a href='https://www.knowbe4.com/'>KnowBe4</a> awareness and services</li> <li>Check out <a href='https://triangleuniversity.org/'>TCU University</a> for more financial education tips and resources!</li> <li>Follow us on <a href='https://www.facebook.com/pg/MakingMoneyPersonalPodcast/posts/?ref=page_internal'>Facebook</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/makingmoneypersonal/'>Instagram</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/TCUpodcastMMP'>Twitter</a>!</li> <li>Learn more about <a href='https://www.trianglecu.org/home/home'>Triangle Credit Union</a></li> </ul> <p>Transcript:</p> <p>This is Money Tip Tuesday from the Making Money Personal Podcast.</p> <p>By now, you’ve probably heard about Telehealth. If you haven’t, do a quick Google search and you’ll find that Telehealth is sometimes called telemedicine; it’s a service that lets your health care provider care for you without an in-person office visit. Telehealth is done primarily online with internet access on your computer, tablet, or smartphone—it’s basically a virtual office visit.</p> <p>As a consumer and a parent of two young adults in college, we have used Telehealth in the past and it’s worked out great. We simply called the Telehealth number on the back of our healthcare card. When we called this number, we did not speak with our primary care physician. We speak with a care provider, which can be a doctor, physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse). We basically explained our issue or symptoms, and a brief history of any ongoing medical problems.</p> <p>After the discussion, there were some recommendations. Now, for serious medical issues, if you call a Telehealth provider, you most likely be directed to the Emergency Room or local urgent care for additional evaluation and